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GAME # 12 ROAD GAME # 6 (2-3) TONIGHT’S BROADCASTS MIAMI MARLINS (3-8) * ^ RHP Mat Latos (0-2, 17.36) FS Florida WINZ WAQI at TOMORROW’S GAME INFO NEW YORK METS (8-3) START TIME (ET) - 1:10 P.M. RHP Jacob deGrom (1-1, 1.46) MIAMI STARTER NEW YORK STARTER RHP Tom Koehler RHP Matt Harvey CITI FIELD, FLUSHING, NY (1-1, 3.18) (2-0, 2.25) Saturday, April 18, 2015 – 7:10 P.M. TOMORROW’S BROADCAST INFO FS Florida WINZ* WAQI^ * - English Flagship (940AM) ^ - Spanish Flagship (710AM) FISH BITES OPPONENT INFO The Marlins and Mets will play the third game of this four-game weekend set tonight (7:10 p.m.) Right-hander Mat Latos (0-2, 17.36), 2-3, 2.54 in eight starts against the Mets, takes the hill for Miami. RHP Jacob deGrom (1-1, 1.46), who MARLINS VS. METS is 2-0, 1.67 in four starts vs. the Marlins, is starting for the Mets. The Marlins are 2-3 on this trip, going 2-1 in Atlanta and DATE SITE RESULT TIME/ATTND dropping the first two games here Citi Field. The Club will conclude this trip with a visit to Philadelphia (April 21-23) 4/16 NYM L,5-7 20,556 following an off-day on Monday. 4/17 NYM L,1-4 38,753 4/18 NYM 7:10 VS. METS 4/19 NYM 1:10 4/27 MIA 7:10 After dropping the first two in this series, the Marlins are now 172-187 all-time vs. the Mets, 24-32 at Citi Field. The last 4/28 MIA 7:10 time the Marlins had a winning record at Citi Field was 2011 (5-4). The Fish were 58-67 all-time at Shea Stadium 4/29 MIA 7:10 5/29 NYM 7:10 A NEW HR KING IN MIAMI 5/30 NYM 4:10 Giancarlo Stanton, who now has 156 career home runs, hit his first home run of the season Thursday night to become 5/31 NYM 1:10 the Marlins all-time home run leader. His two-run shot in the first inning Thursday broke a tie with Dan Uggla (155 home 8/3 MIA 7:10 runs) for the most career home runs in Marlins’ history. 8/4 MIA 7:10 8/5 MIA 7:10 9/4 MIA 7:10 HITTING NEW YORK 9/5 MIA 4:10 Giancarlo Stanton has homered in each of his last five games against the Mets, dating back to September 1 of last 9/6 MIA 1:10 season. It is the second time in his career that Stanton has had a home-run streak of five-or-more games against 9/14 NYM 7:10 one opponent: he also had a five-game streak against Colorado from April 24, 2011 to May 21, 2012. The only other 9/15 NYM 7:10 Marlins player to homer in five straight games vs. one opponent is Marcell Ozuna, who owns a current five-game 9/16 NYM 7:10 All Times Eastern homer streak vs. Milwaukee; Stanton and Ozuna are tied for the longest active streak in the Majors. SERIES INFO Stanton has tied the record for the longest home-run streak against the Mets, shared by Hank Aaron (July 26, 1962-April 11, 1963) and Ryan Howard (August 17, 2006-April 9, 2007). The last ML player to homer in six consecutive 2015 at Home 0 0 games vs. one opponent was Paul Konerko, who homered in six consecutive games against Arizona. - Elias 2015 on Road 0 2 2014 Series 8 11 All-Time at Home 90 88 LAST NIGHT at Sun Life Stadium 72 74 The Marlins took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on Giancarlo Stanton’s second home run of the season/series, but the at Hiram Bithorn Stadium 2 1 Mets rallied for a 4-1 win, as Miami did not score again. David Phelps started for Miami and didn’t allow a hit until the at Marlins Park 16 13 fifth inning, but the Mets scored a run in the fifth off Phelps and two in the sixth offBrad Hand (0-1) for the win. Bartolo All-Time on Road 82 99 Colon (3-0) allowed six hits and no walks over seven innings for the win. Martin Prado was 2x4, the only Marlins with at Shea Stadium 58 67 multiple hits, as Miami went 0x4 with runners in scoring position. at Citi Field 24 32 All-Time Totals 172 187 SPEED DEMON TEAM VS. TEAM STATS Since the start of 2014, Dee Gordon has stolen 70 total bases, six of those coming this season. His 70 stolen bases 2015 MARLINS VS. METS match the entire total of the Boston Red Sox in that same time frame, and are more than four teams. The Marlins Average: ............................................. .212 have stolen 67 bases (including Gordon’s six this year), followed by St. Louis (63), San Francisco (61) and Baltimore Runs: ......................................................... 6 (47). – STATS LLC ERA: ..................................................... 6.19 PICKING UP THE PACE 2015 METS VS. MARLINS The Marlins have nine stolen bases, ranking second in the National League in steals, behind Cincinnati (12), and tied Average: ............................................. .271 with Kansas City for fifth in the Majors, behind Detroit (13), the Reds, Tampa Bay (12) and Houston (10). In 2014, the Runs: ....................................................... 11 ERA: ..................................................... 2.50 Fish did not record their ninth stolen base until their 33rd game, on May 6, and did not swipe their 10th bag until their 39th game, on May 12. The Marlins finished with 58 stolen bases last year. WELL POSITIONED Giancarlo Stanton is hitting .462/6x13 with nine RBI with runners in scoring position. He is tied for second in the NL in hits and RBI with runners in scoring position, and his batting average is eighth in the NL among hitters with 10-or-more at-bats with RISP. THIS DATE IN MARLINS HISTORY I LOVE NY April 18 Martin Prado, 4x8 with a home run in this series, owns a career .290 batting average in New York (81x279). He has a In 2000, Florida had eight players with two- career .307 (27x88) mark at Yankee Stadium, a .289 (44x152) mark at Citi Field, and had a .256 (10x39) mark at Shea hit performances, including starting pitcher Brad Penny. The Marlins beat the Pirates, Stadium. In his last nine starts here at Citi Field, Prado has hit .462 (18x39), hitting safely in each game. 12-5, as they recorded 17 hits. Penny earned the win, holding the Pirates to three runs on DEE-FEAT PARKINSON’S eight hits and two walks with six strikeouts The month of April is national Parkinson’s Awareness Month, and Dee Gordon is encouraging fans to pledge support over 7.0 innings. In 2014, Giancarlo Stanton to The Blechman Foundation for every stolen base he records in April. The Blechman Foundation for Parkinson’s Re- hit the fifth walk-off grand slam in Club history search is based in Miami. Gordon currently has four stolen bases. For additional information and to pledge support, (last, 6/30/13 vs. SD by Jeff Mathis); it was also fans can visit: http://blechmanfoundation.org/dee-feat-pd/ his second career walk-off grand slam (also, 5/13/12 vs. NYM). AROUND THE HORN Overall record on this date: 10-10 The Marlins currently rank fourth in the National League in fielding percentage, at .990 (415 total chances/4 errors). Their four errors are tied with Arizona for the third-fewest in the Senior Circuit, behind Atlanta (1) and Pittsburgh (2). Miami was fifth in the NL in fielding percentage in 2014 (.984). UPCOMING STARTERS DATE TIME (ET) OPPONENT MARLINS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER BROADCASTS Sunday, April 19 1:10 p.m. at New York Mets RHP Tom Koehler (1-1, 3.18) RHP Matt Harvey (2-0, 2.25) FS Florida/WINZ/WAQI Monday, April 20 OFF DAY 2015 DAY-BY-DAY/CAREER INFO MAT DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR TP/ST SCORE 4/7 ATL L(0-1) 0.2 6 7 7 2 0 0 38/25 L,2-12 LATOS 4/13 @ATL L(0-2) 4.0 5 3 2 3 5 0 80/43 L,2-3 H/W: 6-6/245 B/T: R/R CAREER PITCHING MLB SERVICE: 5 YEARS, 93 DAYS YEAR W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO HR 2009 4-5 4.62 10 10 50.2 43 29 26 23 39 7 MLB DEBUT: 7/19/09 vs. MIL (w/SD) 2010 14-10 2.92 31 31 184.2 150 63 60 50 189 16 BORN: 12/9/87 IN ALEXANDRIA, VA AGE: 27 2011 9-14 3.47 31 31 194.1 168 82 75 62 185 16 2012 14-4 3.48 33 33 209.1 179 87 81 64 185 25 CONTRACT STATUS: SIGNED THROUGH 2015 2013 14-7 3.16 32 32 210.2 197 82 74 58 187 14 ACQUIRED: FROM CINCINNATI IN EXCHANGE 2014 5-5 3.25 16 16 102.1 92 42 37 26 74 9 2015 0-2 17.36 2 2 4.2 11 10 9 5 5 0 FOR RHP ANTHONY DeSCLAFANI AND C CHAD Totals 60-47 3.41 155 155 956.2 840 395 362 288 864 87 WALLACH ON DECEMBER 11, 2014 CAREER BATTING Mat Latos is making his third start with Miami after completing a 16-start cam- YEAR AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO paign for Cincinnati in 2014, going 5-5 with a 3.25 ERA.